"Edward Elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ben Finney wrote: >> Indeed. Using revision control means never needing to comment out >> blocks of code. > > Typing (* and *) on a few line will always be quicker, easier, and less > confusing than any rcs diffs/restores. Once you delete the code you can > no longer see it or add pieces back in without retrieving it from an > external store. I'm not saying nested comments solve every problem, just > that there exists a certain (perhaps small) class of problems they solve > particularly well. > > Personally, I rarely leave code commented out beyond a single coding > session. But my particular coding habits aren't relevant here.
Well I perfectly agree, and why make a dependence on external tools (IDE/CVS) if you can build it into the language with no conflicts by using some strange ascii combinations. I'm sure something like: a() (# b() c() #) d() would be fine. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
